#E7AE59#E7AE59

#E7AE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.122 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E7AE59
RGB	rgb(231, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, 11.90, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 52.23, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% 0.031 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.122 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8971, 47.9858, 16.0834)
Luminance	0.4798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E7AE59 #5992E7

analogous

#E76759 #E7AE59 #D9E759

triadic

#E7AE59 #59E7AE #AE59E7

tetradic

#E7AE59 #59E767 #5992E7 #E759D9

square

#E7AE59 #59E767 #5992E7 #E759D9

split-complementary

#E7AE59 #59D9E7 #6759E7

monochromatic

#AD7119 #DF9424 #E7AE59 #EFC88E #F6E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#E7AE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#E7AE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E7AE59

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E7AE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E7AE59	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e7ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.122 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c68a',
    500: '#e7ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e7ae59;
$custom-light: #f2c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e7ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.915,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78729,
    "c": 0.12191,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E7AE59

secondary

#B4C9E8

accent

#5FD70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E7AE59

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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